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Phrase(s): put too fine a point on something
Fig. to make too much out of something; to dwell overly long on a small detail of a complaint or argument. (Usually with not. Formal or stilted.) • Not to put too fine a point on it, but did you really mean to say that Paul was the former secretary of the organization? Wasn’t he the corresponding secretary? • When he said that everyone was angry, he put too fine a point on it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs